Describes the function of Adult Basic Education and the need for community colleges to be involved with its community's undereducated adults. (RK)

Discusses the use of school volunteers and their importance in providing valuable support for the instructional program of a school system. (Author/GB)

Describes a tutorial program in which an older student, 9-13 years of age, teams with a younger student, 5-8 years of age, in order to meet the needs of one or both members of the team. (GB)

Article describes four methods used in a New York high school's experimental program. (SP)

In this study, the effectiveness of tutoring underachievers in reading and writing at the fourth, seventh, and tenth grade levels was checked. At all the grade levels, tutored underachievers progressed more than those who were not tutored. (Authors/JB)

A first grader was taught to tutor four classmates in naming geometric figures. These four then tutored the rest of the class. Precision teaching methods were used to measure daily performance of students. One tutor was successfully taught to collect frequency data on his tutorees and chart their performance. (KW)

The effects of a problem solving-oriented tutorial program on the problem solving behavior of student tutors is studied. Half of a sixth grade class were tutors; the other half a control group. Results on two tasks measuring problem solving skills showed significant difference between the two groups only on the skill of problem defining. (NH)

Some insights into the responsibilities facing the leader of an adult discussion group organized around an educational television series. (LS)

Part of an eight article review of "Student Involvement .

Findings indicated that the children assigned different competencies to disabled and nondisabled persons and that these differences decreased after the children were given the opportunity to interact with a disabled older child. (DB)

The thrust of the program is to provide special services and support to the learning disabled college students in three areas: academic, tutorial, and counseling/advising. (DLS)

The theory is a plausible explanation of a phenomenon: students in the presence of a student tutoring program seem to manifest prosocial attitudes and behavior. (Author)

Describes two occasions where television has been used to record a series of tutorials in mathematics and earth science to improve the performance of those conducting the tutorials. The opportunity for playback, analysis, and discussion with colleagues was especially valuable. (Author)